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http://www.businessinsider.com/kevin-gausman-ejected-for-hitting-xander-bogaerts-2017-5Orioles pitcher after controversial ejection for hitting a Red Sox batter with a curveball: 'Just complete Bush League'http://www.businessinsider.com/kevin-gausman-ejected-for-hitting-xander-bogaerts-2017-5
Thu, 04 May 2017 09:02:00 -0400Cork Gaines
<p><span><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/590b2301fcd8eb0c4a8b48ff-1024/gettyimages-678087536.jpg" alt="Kevin Gausman ejected" data-mce-source="Maddie Meyer/Getty Images"></span></p>
<p><span>After all the </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/manny-machado-lost-all-respect-for-red-sox-2017-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">fireworks between the Orioles and the Red Sox involving Manny Machado</a><span> the last couple of weeks, the umpires were on heightened alert Wednesday and Orioles pitcher Kevin Gausman appeared to pay the price.</span></p>
<p><span>One day after Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale appeared to intentionally throw a pitch at Orioles third baseman Manny Machado, prompting just a warning for both ball clubs, Gausman was immediately ejected when a curveball appeared to unintentionally hit Xander Bogaerts on the hip.</span></p>
<p><span>Gausman would later say that he wasn't even sure who had been ejected at first. However, as soon as he figured it out, both he and catcher Caleb Joseph erupted.</span></p>
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<p>The Orioles were forced to turn to their bullpen in the second inning and eventually lost 4-2.</p>
<p>Most of the reaction has been that the umpire made a huge mistake, especially after Sale was not ejected for throwing a pitch that looked a lot more intentional than this one.</p>
<p>After the game, Gausman called the ejection "Bush League."</p>
<p>"Just complete Bush League, to be honest, you know," <a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2017/05/04/ejections-left-orioles-with-ruffled-feathers/0Wtjds3XjgNubt8DzvH4XP/story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gausman told the media</a>. "To throw me out in that situation after what Sale did yesterday — throwing 98 behind a guy, on purpose, everybody knew it, and you’re going to throw me out for hitting a guy on a curveball 0-0 in the second inning? I mean, it’s pretty Bush League."</p>
<p>One day after <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/manny-machado-lost-all-respect-for-red-sox-2017-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Machado had to be bleeped 22 times in 75 seconds</a>, Joseph had a more virtuous response to the latest controversy, dropping a couple of "malarkeys."</p>
<p>"I was shocked," Joseph said. "I just could not believe that that would happen. And now we’re sitting here having to answer questions while the Red Sox are on their way home and it’s just malarkey is what it is. It’s a bunch of malarkey."</p>
<p>It would seem that the entire situation has been malarkey.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/robert-kraft-shot-nfl-deflategate-2017-5" >Robert Kraft on Deflategate: 'I don’t hold grudges, but I also don’t forget anything'</a></strong></p>
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Thu, 04 May 2017 08:00:00 -0400Cork Gaines
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<p>Good morning! Here are the plays everybody will be talking about Thursday:</p>
<p><strong>The <span>Kevin Gausman ejection</span>.</strong> After all the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/manny-machado-lost-all-respect-for-red-sox-2017-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">fireworks between the Orioles and the Red Sox involving Manny Machado</a> the last couple of weeks, the umpires were on a heightened alert Wednesday. Well, in the second inning, a 77 mph curveball got away from Gausman, hitting <span>Xander Bogaerts. Gausman was immediately ejected and most of the reaction has been that the umpire made a huge mistake, especially after Chris Sale was not ejected the night before for throwing a pitch that looked a lot more intentional than this one.</span></p>
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<p><strong>LeBron James made a three-pointer look like a free throw.</strong> The Cavs are cruising, beating the Raptors 125-103 in Game 2, moving the Cavs to 6-0 in the playoffs this year. James, especially, is playing with all sorts of confidence. At one point in the second quarter, James peaked over at the shot clock. He then spun the ball in hands as if he were prepping for a free throw and then drained a three-pointer. He basically told the entire arena he was going to shoot and the defense still didn't stop him. Incredible. </p>
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<p><strong>Yankees rookie hits yet another home run.</strong> Yankees rookie Aaron Judge hit his MLB-leading 13th home run on Wednesday, a 435-foot shot to straight-away center. The Yankees rookie record for home runs is 29, set 81 years ago by Joe DiMaggio. This one cut the Blue Jays' lead to 6-5 and the Yankees would come back to win 8-6.</p>
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Wed, 03 May 2017 10:12:00 -0400Cork Gaines
<p><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/5909e4122ceae91f008b48b4-1500/ap17123041071135.jpg" alt="Manny Machado" data-mce-source="Michael Dwyer/AP"></p><p></p>
<p>The Boston Red Sox appeared to intentionally throw at Manny Machado — again — and the Baltimore Orioles star third baseman is not happy about it.</p>
<p>After Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale threw a pitch behind Machado in the first inning, the umpire immediately warned both teams. But the real fireworks came after the game when Machado was asked about the pitch.</p>
<p>Here is our best attempt at translating past all 22 bleeps in 75 seconds:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">"What do you think? It's bull [bleep]. That's [bleep]-ing [bleep] coward stuff. I mean, that's stuff you don't [bleep]<span>-ing</span> do. But, I mean, I am not on that side. I'm not in that organization. They're still thinking about that same slide that I did that was no, there was not intention on hurting anybody, and I'm still paying, I'm still trying to get hit at. Get thrown at my [bleep]<span>-ing</span> head. Get [bleep]<span>-ing</span> thrown at everywhere. It's [bleep]<span>-ing</span> [bleep]. I've lost my respect for that organization, that coaching staff, everyone over there ... I mean, if you are going to [bleep]<span>-ing</span> hit me, hit me. Go ahead. [bleep]<span>-ing</span> hit me. You know. Don't let this [bleep] keep lingering, [bleep]<span>-ing</span> around, you know, keep trying to [bleep]<span>-ing</span> hit people. It's [bleep]<span>-ing</span> [bleep]. That's [bleep]<span>-ing</span> <span>[bleep] and we should do something about it. [bleep]-ing pitch, there are pitchers out there with [bleep]-ing balls in their hands throwing 100 miles per hour trying to hit people. And I've got a [bleep]-ing bat. I could up there and crush somebody if I wanted to. But you know what? I'll get suspended for a year and the pitcher will only get suspended for two games. That's not cool ... That's [bleep]-ing [bleep]."</span></p>
<p><span>The slide Machado was referring to was at second base when his shoe appeared to bounce up off the bag and caught Dustin Pedroia in the leg. That occurred on April 21, 11 days prior to the latest incident (via ESPN):</span></p>
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<p><span>Two days later, Red Sox pitcher Matt Barnes was ejected after throwing a pitch behind Machado's head (via ESPN):</span></p>
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<p><span>In the latest series, Machado had to avoid a close pitch in the fourth inning on Monday night. Two innings later, he hit a home run and appeared to take his time rounding the bases.</span></p>
<p><span>That may have led to this pitch from Sale, which sailed behind Machado's legs (via ESPN).</span></p>
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<p><span>And here is Machado's post-game rant:</span></p>
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Tue, 02 May 2017 19:22:45 -0400Cork Gaines
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<p>Baltimore Orioles center fielder <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-report-orioles-of-adam-jones-claims-racist-taunts-in-boston-2017-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Adam Jones says he was taunted with racial slurs</a> during a game at Fenway Park on Monday night.</p>
<p>When Jones came to bat for the first time on Tuesday, initially a smattering of boos could be heard from the late-arriving crowd. However, those were quickly drowned out by a standing ovation from what Bob Costas described as a "sizeable percentage of the Fenway fans."</p>
<p>Starting pitcher Chris Sale even took a moment and stepped off the mound to allow the applause to continue.</p>
<p>Here is the moment.</p>
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Tue, 02 May 2017 16:47:50 -0400Scott Davis
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<p>New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia said Baltimore Orioles centerfielder Adam Jones' experience in Boston on Monday night was not unusual.</p>
<p>Jones told reporters after the Orioles' 5-2 win that several <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-report-orioles-of-adam-jones-claims-racist-taunts-in-boston-2017-5">Boston fans were yelling racist taunts at him</a>, including the N-word, with one fan even throwing a bag of peanuts in his direction.</p>
<p>Sabathia on Tuesday said that racist taunts are common in Boston and that black players discuss the situation amongst themselves (via Newsday's Erik Boland).</p>
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Sabathia said he's experienced what Adam Jones did in Boston, though not since he's been with Yankees because their security presence in pen </p>— Erik Boland (@eboland11) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/859492739716722689">May 2, 2017</a>
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Sabathia said it's talked about among black major leaguers: "we know. There's 62 of us. We all know. When you go to Boston, expect it." </p>— Erik Boland (@eboland11) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/859495176426979328">May 2, 2017</a>
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<p>Sabathia also said Boston is the only city in which he's been called "the N-word."</p>
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Sabathia said in his big league career "I've never been called the N word" anywhere but in Boston </p>— Erik Boland (@eboland11) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/859493148438999040">May 2, 2017</a>
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<p>The Boston Red Sox apologized to Jones after the game on Monday. On Tuesday, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mlb-rob-manfred-statement-reaction-racists-taunts-at-adam-jones-2017-5">MLB commissioner Rob Manfred issued a scathing statement</a> toward Boston fans, saying the behavior will not be tolerated.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">"The racist words and actions directed at Adam Jones at Fenway Park last night are completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated at any of our ballparks. My office has been in contact with the Red Sox, and the club has made it clear that they will not tolerate this inexcusable behavior. Our 30 clubs will continue to work with fans and security to provide a family-friendly environment. Any individual who behaves in such offensive fashion will be immediately removed from the ballpark and subject to further action.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">"The behavior of these few ignorant individuals does not reflect the millions of great baseball fans who attend our games."</p>
<p>Obviously, MLB players believe this has been an ongoing situation in Boston for years. But with Jones, and now Sabathia, drawing attention to it, the league, media, and fans will be looking for more ugly incidents at Fenway Park.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/cc-sabathia-black-baseball-players-expect-racist-taunts-in-boston-2017-5#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/dara-torres-retired-olympic-swimmer-full-body-gym-routine-2017-8">The full-body gym routine this retired Olympic swimmer does to stay in amazing shape</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/mlb-rob-manfred-statement-reaction-racists-taunts-at-adam-jones-2017-5MLB commissioner issues scathing statement in reaction to racist taunts directed at Adam Jones from Red Sox fanshttp://www.businessinsider.com/mlb-rob-manfred-statement-reaction-racists-taunts-at-adam-jones-2017-5
Tue, 02 May 2017 13:59:22 -0400Cork Gaines
<p><span><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5908c3cd7dea7267008b5eb1-1250/ap17122024132264.jpg" alt="Adam Jones" data-mce-source="Charles Krupa/AP"></span></p>
<p><span>Baltimore Orioles center fielder <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-report-orioles-of-adam-jones-claims-racist-taunts-in-boston-2017-5" target="_blank">Adam Jones says he was taunted with racial slurs during a game at Fenway Park</a> on Monday night.</span></p>
<p><span>Jones also had a bag of peanuts thrown at him. He&nbsp;added that he was "called the N-word a handful of times" and that this is not the first time he has been subjected to such abuse from Boston fans.</span></p>
<p><span>Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred came down hard on the actions of the fans, issuing a scathing statement saying the league would not tolerate this type of behavior.</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span>"The racist words and actions directed at Adam Jones at Fenway Park last night are completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated&nbsp;at any of our ballparks. My office has been in contact with the Red Sox, and the club has made it clear that they will not tolerate&nbsp;this inexcusable behavior. Our 30 clubs will continue to work with fans and security to provide a family-friendly environment.&nbsp; Any individual who behaves in such offensive fashion&nbsp;will be immediately removed from the ballpark and subject to further action.</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span>"The behavior of these few ignorant individuals does not reflect the millions of great baseball fans who attend our games."</span></p>
<p><span>On Tuesday, the Boston Red Sox, Mayor Marty Walsh, and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker all issued apologies to Jones and the Orioles.</span></p>
<p><span>In the Red Sox statement, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/05/02/red-sox-adam-jones-orioles/101191748/" target="_blank">issued to USA Today</a>, they said they are "sickened" by an "ignorant few."</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span>"The Red Sox want to publicly apologize to Adam Jones and the entire Orioles organization for what occurred at Fenway Park Monday night. No player should have an object thrown at him on the playing field, nor be subjected to any kind of racism at Fenway Park. The Red Sox have zero tolerance for such inexcusable behavior, and our entire organization and our fans are sickened by the conduct of an ignorant few."</span></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mlb-rob-manfred-statement-reaction-racists-taunts-at-adam-jones-2017-5#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jj-redick-free-throw-shooters-nba-history-2017-8">A top NBA shooter reveals why players struggle with free throws</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-report-orioles-of-adam-jones-claims-racist-taunts-in-boston-2017-5Orioles outfielder Adam Jones says he was taunted with racial slurs at Fenway Parkhttp://www.businessinsider.com/ap-report-orioles-of-adam-jones-claims-racist-taunts-in-boston-2017-5
Tue, 02 May 2017 07:56:00 -0400
<p><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/590873542f6ae433008b5cab-1350/ap17122092411954.jpg" alt="Adam Jones" data-mce-source="Charles Krupa/AP"></p><p></p>
<p>BOSTON (AP) — Orioles center fielder Adam Jones says he was taunted with racial slurs at Fenway Park during Baltimore's game against the Boston Red Sox.</p>
<p>Jones, who is black, says someone in the crowd threw a bag of peanuts at him Monday night. He says he has been the subject of racist heckling in Boston's ballpark before, but this was one of the worst cases of fan abuse he has heard in his 12-year career, according to USA Today Sports.</p>
<p>The five-time All-Star says he was "called the N-word a handful of times" in quotes reported by USA Today Sports and The Boston Globe.</p>
<p>USA Today Sports reported that Red Sox officials confirmed that a fan threw a bag of peanuts at Jones and was ejected from the stadium.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/life-of-aaron-hernandez-2017-4" >The rise and fall of Aaron Hernandez: How he went from a rising star to a convicted murderer in the blink of an eye</a></strong></p>
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Wed, 22 Mar 2017 11:58:44 -0400Emmett Knowlton
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/58d298a7112f7091008b605c-1500/ap25547059115.jpg" alt="Dan Duquette" data-mce-source="Gene J. Puskar/AP"></p><p></p>
<p>Baltimore Orioles general manager Dan Duquette made headlines in December when he said his team had no interest in signing slugger <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/baltimore-orioles-jose-bautista-free-agency-fans-dont-like-him-2016-12">Jose Bautista because Baltimore fans didn't like him.&nbsp;</a></p>
<p>On Tuesday, <a href="http://m.mlb.com/news/article/220225766/qa-dan-duquette-talks-orioles-direction/">MLB.com caught up with Duquette</a> and asked&nbsp;him about Bautista, who has since re-signed with the Blue Jays.&nbsp;</p>
<p>In the interview, Duquette reiterated that Baltimore fans really, really don't like Bautista.</p>
<p><span>"[O]ur fans just don’t like Jose," Duquette <a href="http://m.mlb.com/news/article/220225766/qa-dan-duquette-talks-orioles-direction/">said</a>. "We play those guys 25 times a year and he’s the face of the Blue Jays. He’s the villain in the play whenever we play the Blue Jays."</span></p>
<p><span>Duquette then said that he, along with Baltimore fans more generally, instead prefer "working-class" and "gritty" ballplayers.</span></p>
<p><span>From <a href="http://m.mlb.com/news/article/220225766/qa-dan-duquette-talks-orioles-direction/">MLB.com:</a></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span>"I like our guys.&nbsp;<span>Our guys are good. [Mark] Trumbo is like a working-class-type baseball player. If he was going to work every day on a construction site, you would understand that he brings that kind of work ethic every day. That’s the kind of player that our fans identify with. We try to get gritty players that work hard every day and give their best effort every day. Our fans seem to like that and respond to it."</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>Trumbo will make $11 million this season, as compared to Bautista's $18 million. One has to suspect that Duquette's latest comments will inspire Bautista during those 25 games.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/baltimore-orioles-gm-jose-bautista-working-class-2017-3#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-floyd-mayweather-makes-spends-his-millions-net-worth-conor-mcgregor-boxing-money-luxury-cars-2017-7">How Floyd Mayweather makes and spends his millions</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/baltimore-orioles-jose-bautista-free-agency-fans-dont-like-him-2016-12The Baltimore Orioles reportedly told Jose Bautista that the team isn't interested in signing him because their fans don't like himhttp://www.businessinsider.com/baltimore-orioles-jose-bautista-free-agency-fans-dont-like-him-2016-12
Wed, 07 Dec 2016 11:24:08 -0500Scott Davis
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<p>Jose Bautista is one of the top hitters on the free agent market in baseball, but apparently, the Baltimore Orioles are willing to pass on him.</p>
<p>According to Jon Heyman of MLB Network, the Orioles met with Bautista but neglected to offer him a deal.</p>
<p>Aside from not wanting to give up a compensatory draft pick to sign him, the Orioles fans apparently don't like him.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2016/12/6/13863292/orioles-jose-bautista-free-agency-mlb-baltimore-fans-2016">As SB Nation notes</a>, Bautista played with the Blue Jays against the Orioles in the AL East for the last nine years. There's also a bit of bad blood between the two teams, as <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkGnDso5Lrg">Bautista once got in a shouting match with center fielder Adam Jones</a> over a pitch, and then later called out Orioles manager Buck Showalter.</p>
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<p>Understandably, those incidents may not endear him to fans.</p>
<p>However, over his nine years with the Blue Jays, Bautista batted .261, with a .528 SLG and .910 OPS to go with 265 home runs and 701 RBIs. That'd be a valuable bat for the Orioles to have. If fans had this much of an impact on all teams' transactions, many franchises would look considerably different.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chris-sale-trade-red-sox-yoan-moncada-2016-12" >Boston Red Sox go all-in by completing blockbuster trade for Chris Sale, one of the best pitchers in baseball</a></strong></p>
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Wed, 05 Oct 2016 10:15:00 -0400Scott Davis
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/57f5078c57540cad028b4db7-1333/buck%20showalter.jpg" alt="buck showalter" data-mce-source="Brian Blanco/Getty"></p><p>The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles in the AL Wild Card game Tuesday night with a walk-off home run from Edwin Encarnacion in the bottom of the 11th inning.</p>
<p>The Blue Jays will now head to Texas to play the Rangers, while the Orioles will retreat home for the long offseason.</p>
<p>For the Orioles, there's still the lingering question of why, in extra innings in a must-win game, manager Buck Showalter didn't use perhaps the best reliever in baseball, Zach Britton.</p>
<p>The 28-year-old lefty went 47 of 47 in saves this year, with a 0.54 ERA and 0.84 WHIP. He hadn't allowed an earned run since April. Yet, Showalter used six relievers, and though Britton warmed up in the bullpen, he was never used in the game.</p>
<p>Showalter said after the game, "Th<span>ere’s a bunch of decisions to make there during the course of the game. Our pitchers pitched real well the whole game to hold that club to two runs at that point. You could make a case, probably other than Zach, Ubaldo [Jimenez] is pitching better than anybody we’ve had for the last six or seven starts."</span></p>
<p><span></span><span>Showalter continued, saying that, essentially, he was hoping to reserve Britton as the game continued into extra innings:</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">"Those are a lot of tough decisions, but we’re maybe a little different if you’re playing at home. There’s a lot of different ways to look at it. If we didn’t have so many good options down there and we wanted to have a strong Zach and have him in there in case the game goes extra innings. There’s so much more to that game. But I know the world that you have to live in. So I respect that."</p>
<p>Regardless, there were plenty of opportunities to turn to Britton. In the bottom of the ninth, with two runners on, the game tied at 2-2, Showalter relieved Brad Brach with Darren O'Day, who got the third out of the inning, forcing extras. Then, in the bottom of the 11th, Showalter continued to baffle, using reliever Brian Duensing, then turning to Jimenez later on.</p>
<p>Though Showalter suggested he was trying to save Britton, lest he be called upon to pitch several innings, Britton said after the game that he had been told to be prepared to go more than one inning.</p>
<p>"I was expecting in certain situations if maybe there’s an opportunity for a double-play ball in a big situation, whether or not we were ahead, behind, whatever," Britton said. "Coming into today, they just told me to be ready to go, multiple innings if need be. I was prepared." Britton said he was "frustrated" about not getting in the game.</p>
<p>Instead, the Orioles never turned to their star reliever, and in the bottom of the 11th, Encarnacion hit the game-winning home run.</p>
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<p>In a win-or-go-home game, it's baffling that Showalter was trying to put off using Britton. Showalter said after the game, it's easy to begin regretting his decisions. He now has until the spring to think about why he didn't use Britton in the biggest game of the season. </p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mlb-playoffs-power-rankings-2016-10" >MLB PLAYOFFS POWER RANKINGS: Where all 10 teams stand heading into the postseason</a></strong></p>
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Wed, 05 Oct 2016 07:16:28 -0400Cork Gaines
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<p>Good morning! The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles, 5-2, in 11 innings Tuesday night in the American League wild-card game. Here are the plays everybody will be talking about on Wednesday:</p>
<p><strong>Kevin Pillar saved yet another run</strong>. At the time, it seemed like just another catch by Pillar in center field for the Blue Jays, but it turned out to be much bigger than that. With the Blue Jays up 1-0 in the fourth inning, the Orioles had a runner on second base and Manny Machado at the plate. He hit a fly ball to right-center field that looked as if it would drop for a double to tie the game. Instead, Pillar made the diving catch. It was a play made even bigger by the fact that the next batter, Mark Trumbo, hit a home run. Instead of the Orioles being up 3-1, it was just 2-1.</p>
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<p><strong>Buck Showalter didn't bring in his best pitcher with the game on the line</strong>. Orioles closer Zach Britton had a 0.54 ERA and had not allowed a run since April. And yet Showalter did not use Britton in the wild-card game, seemingly because a save situation never presented itself. Instead, with the game tied in the 11th inning, Showalter turned to starting pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez. After Jimenez gave up two straight hits, Showalter visited the mound. But instead of bringing in Britton, Showalter stayed with Jimenez to face Edwin Encarnacion.</p>
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<p><strong>Edwin Encarnacion wins it with a 3-run walk-off home run</strong>. Even without bringing in Britton, Showalter still had the option to intentionally walk Encarnacion and load the bases. In a tie game in the 11th inning, another runner on base doesn't mean much. In fact, it creates yet another force-out option at third base. Of course, that would have meant facing Jose Bautista, who has a flare for such moments and had already homered earlier in the game. Well, it didn't matter, because Encarnacion ended it with his own big moment. Game over. The Orioles are going home, and the Blue Jays are going to Texas to renew their heated rivalry.</p>
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Mon, 11 Jul 2016 09:27:04 -0400Scott Davis
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<p>Los Angeles Angels third basemen Yunel Escobar may have received the oddest ejection of the MLB season on Sunday while facing the Baltimore Orioles.</p>
<p>In the seventh inning, Orioles slugger Chris Davis took a check swing that umpire Tim Timmons ruled a ball because he didn't believe that Davis' bat crossed home plate.</p>
<p>Then, seemingly out of nowhere, Timmons threw Escobar out of the game.</p>
<p>After a brief moment of confusion, replays showed that Escobar appeared to taunt Timmons by drawing something in the infield dirt.</p>
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<p>While it's unclear in the replay what Escobar drew, the Los Angeles Times' Pedro Moura suggested that Escobar was trying to help Timmons out with his job:</p>
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So, Yunel Escobar was ejected for drawing a home plate in the dirt behind third base to instruct the umpires, which, wow. </p>— Pedro Moura (@pedromoura) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/752232438399639553">July 10, 2016</a>
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<p>The umpires clearly did not appreciate Escobar's gesture. Escobar, however, may have been right — it looked as if Davis should have been called for a strike.</p>
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<p>Escobar wasn't too happy after the game, either.</p>
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<p>The Orioles won the game, 4-2.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/yunel-escobar-ejected-drawing-in-the-dirt-2016-7#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-floyd-mayweather-makes-spends-his-millions-net-worth-conor-mcgregor-boxing-money-luxury-cars-2017-7">How Floyd Mayweather makes and spends his millions</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/orioles-royals-brawl-yordano-ventura-hit-manny-machado-2016-6A brawl broke out between the Royals and the Orioles after Yordano Ventura hit Manny Machado with a pitchhttp://www.businessinsider.com/orioles-royals-brawl-yordano-ventura-hit-manny-machado-2016-6
Tue, 07 Jun 2016 21:12:08 -0400Cork Gaines
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<p>A brawl broke out between the Baltimore Orioles and the Kansas City Royals after <span>Yordano Ventura hit Manny Machado with a pitch.</span></p>
<p>The incident came in the fifth inning, when <span>Ventura hit Machado with the first pitch of the at-bat. It hit Machado in the hip. After taking a couple of steps, Machado dropped his helmet and ran toward the mound, where punches were exchanged.</span></p>
<p><span>Here is the pitch and the fight — you can see the full video below:</span></p>
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<p><span>Both players were ejected from the game.</span></p>
<p><span>This came after an earlier at-bat in which Ventura just missed hitting Machado with a pair of pitches. Later in that at-bat, Machado just missed hitting a home run and, as he walked toward first base, he could be seen yelling at Ventura.</span></p>
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<p>Here is the full video of the brawl:</p>
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Tue, 05 Apr 2016 16:38:10 -0400Cork Gaines
<p>Oriole Park at Camden Yards opened in 1992 and began an era in baseball in which teams moved to beautiful, intimate ballparks with a bit of a throwback feel. But now Camden Yards is in its 25th season, and finds itself as one of the oldest in baseball with an entire generation of baseball fans who don't know what life was like before its construction.</p>
<p>Of the other 29 ballparks in Major League Baseball, only nine are older than Camden Yards. Three of those parks (Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, Dodger Stadium) are iconic symbols of the sport and won't be replaced anytime soon, and two others (Kauffman Stadium, Angel Stadium) have undergone major renovations in the last 20&nbsp;years.</p>
<p>That leaves Oakland Coliseum, Rogers Centre, Tropicana Field, and US Cellular Field&nbsp;as the only non-iconic, non-renovated ballparks older than Camden Yards. Two of those, Oakland Coliseum and Tropicana Field, are considered blights on the sport and their teams are actively seeking new&nbsp;stadiums.</p>
<p>Here is a look at the ages of every big league ballpark...</p>
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Wed, 09 Mar 2016 08:00:00 -0500Cork Gaines
<p><span>Good morning! Here are the plays everybody will be talking about Wednesday.</span></p>
<p><strong>Bringing the dunk contest to the regular season.</strong> One night after Zach LaVine threw down a 360 dunk, his dunk-contest rival Aaron Gordon seemingly responded with his own windmill dunk, and he did it in traffic. Next year's dunk contest will be a treat.</p>
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<p><strong>Hockey buzzer-beater</strong>. The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Ottawa Senators 4-3 in overtime. But the real excitement came at the end of regulation, as Jeff Skinner ripped a shot past several defenders and the goalie, crossing the line a split-second before the buzzer. It was so close that the refs had to go to replay to confirm that the game was not over.</p>
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<p><strong>Manny Machado</strong><strong> is still good at baseball</strong>. It's spring training and everybody is just getting warmed up, but Machado's glove is in midseason form.</p>
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<p><strong>A squash bonus</strong>. The fun thing about squash is that it is like taking the incredible speed of international table tennis and putting both players on the same side of the table, adding the extra degree of difficulty of having to avoid your opponent. This play comes from the Professional Squash Association as Paul Coll goes Superman, twice, to win a point. The second-best part of this play is his opponent's reaction afterward.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">RIDICULOUS!! @paul_col1 with back-to-back superman dives to win point against <a href="https://twitter.com/james_willstrop">@james_willstrop</a> OUT OF THIS WORLD! <a href="https://t.co/Xyvgg3Xtwr">https://t.co/Xyvgg3Xtwr</a></p>
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Fri, 01 May 2015 09:45:26 -0400Leslie Larson
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5542d0a4eab8ea7e0630cec5-600-/orioles-game.jpg" border="0" alt="Orioles game" width="600"></p><p>Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) criticized the <span>Baltimore Orioles on Thursday for their decision to close a baseball game to the public due to violent protests in the city.</span></p>
<p>"I do think public safety is the first priority for any city. ... I think it sends the wrong signal not to have a baseball game with people," Bush said at the National Review Institute Summit in Washington DC.</p>
<p>"I think we need to recognize that life doesn't just get paralyzed when these tragedies occur. You can't allow that to happen," he added.</p>
<p>The Orioles decided not to admit the public to&nbsp;Oriole Park at Camden Yards&nbsp;for the team's game on Wednesday against the Chicago White Sox "in order to minimize safety concerns" after the outbreak of violence in Baltimore.</p>
<p>Protests erupted in the city after Gray, a 25-year-old African American man, died on April 19 from a fatal injury to his neck while he was in police custody. Several police officers were injured and some businesses were also damaged during the violence</p>
<p>In his remarks on Thursday, Bush expressed his sympathies to the Gray family but stressed the importance of a non-violent reaction.</p>
<p>"First I think it's important to talk about on the fact that a young man died and that's a tragedy for this country. This is not just a statistic this is a person who died," he said.&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"There's a lot of people that lost their livelihood because of this and I think we need to be respectful of private property."</span></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jeb-bush-criticized-the-orioles-for-closing-their-game-to-the-public-2015-5#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/barack-obama-body-man-reggie-love-2015-2">Here's what it takes to be President Obama's right-hand man</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/pictures-of-empty-stadium-at-orioles-white-sox-game-2015-4Photos from the Orioles-White Sox game that's being played in an empty stadiumhttp://www.businessinsider.com/pictures-of-empty-stadium-at-orioles-white-sox-game-2015-4
Wed, 29 Apr 2015 15:13:00 -0400Scott Davis
<p>Amid ongoing violence in Baltimore, MLB decided to play the Baltimore Orioles-Chicago White Sox game in an empty Camden Yards on Wednesday. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/04/an-empty-stadium-in-baltimore/391736/">An MLB official told Russell Berman of The Atlantic</a> that it's probably the first time an MLB game was played behind closed doors.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, the two teams took the field at the scheduled 2:05 p.m. eastern start and went about business as usual, even with <a href="https://vine.co/v/e7mz5WmnaVn">an opening recorded national anthem</a>. </p>
<p>Pictures of the empty stadium and the<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/orioles-white-sox-empty-stadium-vine-2015-4"> eerily quiet game</a> depict an the odd scene. </p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The concourse is basically empty:</span></p>
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<p>Some fans are trying to watch from outside the gate around left-center field:</p>
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<p>The game in action:</p>
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<p>Orioles first basemen hit a three-run home run into the empty bleachers:</p>
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<p>Media members have been tweeting pictures of the scene:</p>
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Here's what it looks like at Camden Yards in bottom 1st inning. Surreal. <a href="http://t.co/1wWXyUEFrM">pic.twitter.com/1wWXyUEFrM</a> </p>— Don Gonyea NPR (@DonGonyea) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/593478473336942593">April 29, 2015</a>
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Orioles game, closed to public, is under way. <a href="http://t.co/dThcReZvcl">pic.twitter.com/dThcReZvcl</a> </p>— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/593476923440893952">April 29, 2015</a>
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Photos from Orioles-White Sox game currently being played at an empty Camden Yards <a href="http://t.co/XDRDHhbT8Q">http://t.co/XDRDHhbT8Q</a> <a href="http://t.co/2zM35CZ7D7">pic.twitter.com/2zM35CZ7D7</a> </p>— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/593482380150726656">April 29, 2015</a>
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<p>The stadium isn't completely empty — there are some scouts sitting behind home plate:</p>
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<p>Otherwise, the only people in attendance are media members:</p>
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Here are your spectators for today's White Sox-Orioles game. <a href="http://t.co/TsBnciVXOa">pic.twitter.com/TsBnciVXOa</a> </p>— Colleen Kane (@ChiTribKane) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/593475409695637504">April 29, 2015</a>
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<p>A view of the game from outside of the park:</p>
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Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:22:00 -0400Tony Manfred
<p>They're playing the Orioles-White Sox game in an empty stadium because of ongoing violence and protests in Baltimore.</p>
<p>It sounds like a Little League game. You can hear the ball hitting the glove and everything (<a href="https://vine.co/v/e7mW1gbWXzd">via Meredith Shiner</a>):</p>
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Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:21:00 -0400Cork Gaines
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/553fdbff6da8110a19a2755c-620-/camden-yards-3.jpg" border="0" alt="Camden Yards" width="620"></p><p>The Baltimore Orioles announced that Wednesday's game against the Chicago White Sox will be closed to the public because of safety concerns amid violence and protests in Baltimore.</p>
<p>There appears to be no precedent for the decision.</p>
<p>An MLB official&nbsp;<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/04/an-empty-stadium-in-baltimore/391736/">told Russell Berman of The Atlantic</a> that "after conferring with a historian and several longtime veterans of the game, the league was unaware of any prior examples in which fans have been deliberately barred from attending a game."</p>
<p><span>The move comes after both Monday's and Tuesday's games were postponed.</span></p>
<p>Commissioner Rob Manfred released a statement about the situation:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">"After conversations with the Orioles and local officials, we believe that these decisions are in the best interests of fan safety and the deployment of City resources. Our thoughts are with all those who have been affected by violence in Baltimore, and everyone in our game hopes for peace and the safety of a great American city."</p>
<p>The move to play Wednesday's game behind closed doors instead of postponing it may have been necessitated by MLB's unbalanced schedule. This series was the White Sox' only trip to Baltimore this season, and making up three postponed games would have been a far more difficult task than making up two.</p>
<p>With just two games to make up, the Orioles announced they will play a double-header against the White Sox on May 28.</p>
<p>In addition, the Orioles were scheduled to play a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays at Camden Yards starting on Friday. That series has been moved to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, where the Orioles will play the games as the "home" team.</p>
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Tue, 28 Apr 2015 10:24:57 -0400Ryan Gorman
<p>People <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/orioles/2015/04/25/baltimore-orioles-boston-red-sox-camden-yards-freddie-gray-protest/26390977/">turned violent outside the Orioles home stadium</a> Saturday while protesting the recent death of a man who died after being arrested by Baltimore police, but a team executive largely took their side.</p>
<p>Orioles COO John Angelos, son of team owner Peter Angelos, took a team broadcaster to task for complaining about vandalism in the neighborhood outside Orioles Park at Camden Yards during the protests over the death of Freddie Gray.</p>
<p>WBAL announcer Brett Hollander griped on Twitter that the protesters were stopping people from going to work and interfering with their right to watch a ballgame.</p>
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People of a community should be able to commute, commerce should happen &amp; citizens who want to go to a ballgame should be able to go. (3/4) </p>— Brett Hollander (@BrettHollander) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/592125915963887617">April 26, 2015</a>
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<p class="embed-spacer">Angelos took exception to the comments and replied to Hollander in a series of tweets that dismissed the damage and violence and instead vented his frustration with the decay of Baltimore and other once-great American cities.</p>
<p class="embed-spacer">Protesters have increasingly taken to the streets of the largely impoverished city after Gray suffered serious injuries in Baltimore police custody. Those injuries included having his spinal cord severed 80%, according to his family, and he died in the hospital.</p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The many individual tweets can be found on Angelos' </span><a href="https://twitter.com/JohnPAngelos/with_replies" target="_blank">Twitter page</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">. </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The tweetstorm has been condensed below into one post for easy reading. Spelling and grammar remain as they were in the tweets:</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;" data-textannotation-id="4f268499aca966db5bb4373d6e608f31">"Brett speaking only for myself I agree with your point that the principle of peaceful, non-violent protest and the observance of the rule of law is of utmost importance in any society.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;" data-textannotation-id="4f268499aca966db5bb4373d6e608f31">MLK, Gandhi, Mandela, and all great opposition leaders throughout history have always preached this proper precept. Further, it is critical that in any democracy investigation must be completed and due process must be honored before any government or police members are judged responsible.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;" data-textannotation-id="1b188dc13338c4a36ac4e90ba178c2b5">That said, my greater source of personal concern, outrage and sympathy beyond this particular case is focused neither upon one night’s property damage nor upon the acts group but is focued rather upon the past four-decade period during which an American political elite have shipped middle class and working class jobs away from Baltimore and cities and towns around the US to 3rd world dictatorships like China and others plunged tens of millions of good hard working Americans into economic devastation, and then followed that action around the nation by diminishing every American’s civil rights protections in order to control an unfairly impoverished population living under an ever-declining standard of living and suffering at the butt end of an ever-more militarized and aggressive surveillance state.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;" data-textannotation-id="20fec0664d3072ae287bd2e002b1094b">The innocent working families of all backgrounds whose lives and dreams have been cut short by excessive violence, surveillance, and other abuses of the Bill of Rights by government pay the true price, an ultimate price, and one that far exceeds the importance of any kids’ game played tonight, or ever, at Camden Yards.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;" data-textannotation-id="20fec0664d3072ae287bd2e002b1094b">We need to keep in mind people are suffering and dying around the US and while we are thankful no on was injured at Camden Yards, there is a far bigger picture for poor Americans in Baltimore and everywhere who don’t have jobs and are losing economic civil and legal rights and this makes inconvenience at a ball game irrelevant in light of the needless suffering government is inflicting upon ordinary Americans."</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/orioles-executive-defends-freddie-gray-protesters-in-baltimore-2015-4#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/video-shows-police-breaking-window-tasing-passenger-2014-10">Shocking Secret Video Shows Police Breaking A Car Window And Tasing A Passenger</a></p>